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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Whatever Happened To Less Is More
The other day my friend’s fifteen year old daughter asked me if I have read ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’. When I said no, she went on to wonder whether it is like the Harlequin books or erotica, or porn. I … Continue reading
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Tagged author, blog, book, books, creative writing, dreams, Ellen DeGeneres, emotion, family, feelings, fiction, Fifty Shades Of Grey, film, Gustave Flaubert, ideas, imagination, joy, kiss, life, literature, love, Nicholas Sparks, novel, Paris, people, publishing, racing, reading, romance, scene, sex, story, teenager, thoughts, tweet, words, write, writer, writing
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Set The Ripples Of Imagination
“I believe that any short story can become a novel, and any novel can be converted into a short story or into a poem.” Joyce Carol Oates A short story is not the same as a novel, and the two … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, author, book, books, characters, creative, creative writing, diary, doubt, dreams, emotion, faith, feelings, fiction, happy, ideas, imagination, inspiration, interview, language, library, life, literature, love, memories, novel, poetry, publishing, short story, story, success, thoughts, time, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Stop Look Listen
A story – a tale, a narrative, an account, an anecdote. A short story – a tale, a fable, a novella, a parable. I love to read short stories. My all time favorites are: The Necklace- Guy de Maupassant The … Continue reading
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Tagged Anton Chekhov, art, artist, author, blog, blogger, blogging, book, books, characters, creative, creative writing, doubt, dreams, emotion, feelings, fiction, friends, Guy de Maupassant, ideas, imagination, inspiration, library, life, literature, love, memories, novel, Paris, poetry, publishing, short story, story, thoughts, words, work, write, writer, writing
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In Search Of Completeness
Things are not looking good again in Lebanon, not with the revolt in neighboring Syria and the political turmoil that is sweeping the Arab world in the name of uprising. For almost a year now I have stopped reading newspaper … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, articles, blogging, books, Canada, childhood, citizen, CTV, doubt, emotion, existence, Facebook, family, fear, feelings, fiction, friends, happy, home, interview, job, joy, life, memories, Middle East, news, pain, peace, politics, publishing, religion, tv, video, work, worry, writer, writing, youth
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Are We Artists
Blocks are to writers as Unidentified Flying Objects are to other cranks. This is the quote I came across in one of my notebooks that I leaf through once in a while. In my notebook there’s no mention of the … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, author, blog, blogger, blogging, books, characters, computer, creative, creative writing, digital, digital world, doubt, dreams, emotion, feelings, fiction, friends, ideas, imagination, inspiration, internet, library, life, literature, love, memories, novel, PC, poetry, publishing, relationships, story, thoughts, words, write, writer, writing
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How Others Are Doing It
That’s the kind of thing writers always want to know. What other writers are doing. Do they have a writing habit? When do they write? How do they write? Tom Wolfe set himself a quota, ten pages a day, triple-spaced, … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, art, artist, author, blog, blogger, blogging, book, books, characters, computer, creative, creative writing, doubt, dreams, emotion, feelings, fiction, friends, ideas, imagination, inspiration, internet, library, life, literature, love, memories, novel, PC, poetry, relationships, story, thoughts, words, work, write, writer, writing
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I Was Afraid Of It
“One of the problems which will probably haunt me more than any other is the problem of communication between two people. The fact that complete communication is completely impossible between two people, is to me one of the biggest tragic … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, art, author, blog, blogger, blogging, book, books, characters, computer, creative, creative writing, doubt, emotion, feelings, fiction, friends, Georges Simenon, ideas, imagination, internet, library, lies, life, literature, love, memories, novel, PC, phone, poetry, relationships, story, thoughts, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Why All The Lies
Decades ago when I was a student in university and living on campus my roommate was an energetic lively young woman with such an indescribable passion for life and especially for food. She giggled when she talked and had an … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, author, book, books, characters, creative, creative writing, diary, doubt, dreams, emotion, faith, feelings, fiction, friends, happy, ideas, imagination, inspiration, library, lies, life, literature, love, memories, novel, poetry, relationships, story, success, thoughts, University, words, work, world, write, writer, writing
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Listen To Your Broccoli
“A man receives only what he is ready to receive, whether physically or intellectually or morally, as animals conceive at certain seasons their kind only. We hear and apprehend only what we already half know. By and by we may … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, author, belief, book, books, characters, comedy, creative, creative writing, diary, doubt, dreams, emotion, faith, feelings, fiction, happy, ideas, imagination, inspiration, language, library, life, literature, love, memories, novel, poetry, publishing, story, success, thoughts, time, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Are You A Fan Too
In one of my books on writing, I read that many people go through quotes from famous authors, and read interview after interview with successful writers in the hope that the success will somehow rub off on them, that they … Continue reading →